Constable Fred Kanter Supporting your efforts

There are lots of resources on the river via the tabs above

If you are looking for information on the Mouth, it has
its own section. Click the  River Mouth  tab above.


Click map for larger map

•  The San Bernard River rises in southwestern Austin County.

•  It flows southeast for 120 miles, forming all or part of the county lines between Austin and Colorado, Austin and Wharton, and Wharton and Fort Bend counties

•  It then cuts across southern Brazoria County and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to enter directly into the Gulf.

•  The San Bernard River flows into the Gulf 3.5 miles SW from the mouth of Brazos River.

•  From the Intracoastal Waterway, 0.8 mile above the mouth, the channel has been dredged to a point near the West Columbia highway bridge 22 miles above the Intracoastal Waterway.

•  In January 2001, the controlling depth was 2.2 feet (7.7 feet at mid-channel) to about 3.75 miles above the mouth; thence in 1994, the mid-channel controlling depth was 9.0 feet to the West Columbia highway bridge.

• Resources:
  "SAN BERNARD RIVER." The Handbook of Texas Online.
• NOAA
• Severe Beach Erosion at Surfside, Texas Caused by Engineering Modifications to the Coast and Rivers
  February, 2003, by Richard L. Watson, Ph.D., Consulting Geologist.   (This document can also be found at http://texascoastgeology.com/papers/surfside.pdf#search='san%20bernard%20river%20mouth'

Another nice map of the San Bernard River Click map for larger